Hi Keith, Many thanks for your reply, as usual you have the knack of taking my fears away when ever they pop up. yes I have come a long way from the nervous wreck I used to be when I even thought of making a trip by airoplane, and on one occasion ha…
Hi Harry this toxicity thing crops up every so often but I can't say that I've known anyone who has been affected by it. It's a statisical thing ...how many people ...how often...how much.
I don't know much else about it I'm afraid.
Great news abo…
Hi Keith, believe it our not we have just booked a holiday for july next year to Luxor and a cruise on the nile, cant believe im goung to sit on a plane for five hours, plus the one and a bit to get to gatwick. anyway just when I start to get a bit…
I should think it's because the rain turns to steam by the time it gets to the combustion chambers and there's so much fuel at such a high temperature that it has no effect. I've never heard of the flame being washed out.
Keith...I'll try to remebe…
Hi Keith,
Thanks for your answer, as always it really helps. Did you find out how, when it rains all those gallons of water that get sucked with air into aircraft engines, does not put the fire out ?
many thanks,
Harry.
Hi June,
Thanks for your reply, you'r right curiousity did take over, and we know what they say about curiousity. I am flying out of Belfast Int' with Thomas Cook, I am really looking forward to it,-------I think.
Thanks
Harry.
Harry
I thought I'd posted an answer to this...sorry. David Learmount is Ok but he's a bit of an old woman sometimes. He's very knowledgable but he's a journo...he's after a bit of friction.
'Crews to day are like batsmen practised only in recivin…
Hi Keith,
I am getting ready for a holiday in Turkey on the 24th, the first over four hour flight ive had the nerve to even think about doing in a long time. Today I read in my newspaper that pilots on airbus's are not trained to cope when something…
Great to have you on board. We've only been up a day and I'm still finding my way around. I'm not in the Facebook age group so all these threads and messages and all the rest leave me a little bemused...but I'm retired so I've got time to get to grips with it. I hope we get as much success with this network as we did with the forum. Look forward to hearing from you.